by Minerva Rising Contributor | Feb 19, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
My husband and I have slowly replaced all of our loudly ticking wall clocks with silent ones. The announcement of quickly passing seconds was freaking me out. We all have too much to do, between family life, working and chores, not to mention trying to find time to...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Feb 9, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
Sunday’s paper brought news of one of the first Olympic gold wins in Sochi for the Americans, a victory for snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg. After a self-proclaimed “megadrought” of wins for the 20 year-old, he “kept it weird,” and impressed the judges. Afterwards, he...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Feb 2, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
Here is how I know for sure that my maker is a woman and one with a wicked sense of humor. Girlfriend saw fit to match me – the wordiest of wordy women – with my mate…surely the most indifferent, heedless, hapless, (okay, I’ll say it) unskilled communicator who ever...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog, The Keeping Room
There’s a wind blowing through the countryside here in southern Mexico. Red, orange, yellow, blue, white, purple and pink tissue paper flags flutter from the overhang that covers the patio of the casita where I live. Patterns of doves, flower baskets, sun, moon,...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Nov 21, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
The writer’s heart must be round. It must see through the obvious. It must have a heart for those who are heartless. A writer’s heart has to beat to the drum of love, even for those who don’t deserve it. A few weeks ago, I dreaded the simple act of waking up because...
by Minerva Rising Contributor | Nov 14, 2013 | Blog, The Keeping Room
Today, after rising at five o’clock to talk to my lover on the phone between five and six when he is on his way to work, I return to bed and dream that my son Jonathan is driving my friend Manta and me somewhere downtown and we pass a house on a street of crowded...
